Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

It's a sunny Saturday morning and downstairs in the Cape Cod Maritime Museum’s woodworking shop, a small team of middle school kids are building a wooden skiff. Sunlight beams through a window ...

Reading has been a highpoint of my summers for as long as I can remember. When I was little, we’d travel across town in our Red Flyer wagon. On the way home, we gave up our seats in the wagon for as ...

Thanks to their adventuresome parents, some screen-addled children are getting a reprieve — and an education — at sea. By Mariya Manzhos Two years ago, Alison and Luke Williams bought a 44-foot ...

Not many 12-year-olds can say they know how to build a real boat, but Kingsley McCrocklin can. He recently constructed an 8-foot row boat as part of a two-week class offered at the Lake Pontchartrain ...

We keep hearing that kids would rather play video games than go outdoors. In Phoenix, it doesn't help that summer temps are roasty. But Arizona is full of cool places for families to swim, fish or ...